Quote:He really did.  I can see them weaseling into the "helmet to helmet" thing, but it was certainly not fine-worthy. 

 

If that had been Posey or Keyshawn Martin there would have been no fine. 

 

Meanwhile Watt gets no flag or fine for hitting Bortles late. 

 

I hate this idiotic favoritism on flags and fines. It's infuriating for small market teams.  The league/refs look out for their more popular players far too blatantly. 

 

 

Quote:It's best not to think about it too much, NYC...  Otherwise your head will explode.  I can understand the penalty...  Sort of like the face mask thing, if you touch it, you get the 5 yard penalty, even if inadvertant.

 

But then to re-watch the play and see that it clearly was not the intent to go helment to helmet, and fine him anyway...  It's just absurd.

 

I doubt Telvin is that worried about it.

 

These kinds of things usually result in the locker room passing around the plate to cover it.

 

The worrisome part is that such a benign hit resulted in such a large penalty.

 

As others have said, it's not like Swearinger got a huge fine for going at Clay Harbor's head. In fact that particular infraction, which was much more malicious, didn't even draw a flag.

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